Ken Bacon
Ken Bacon
degraded second
We have not degraded it to that point. But we're only in the second day.
goal onto refugees
Our goal is not to relocate refugees permanently onto U.S. territory.
active activity air defense extremely seen
What we have seen is extremely active activity by (Iraq's) air defense system,
afloat damage deal help required ships work
The crews of the new ships can help do some of the work that's required to keep the ship afloat and to deal with the damage to the hull,
exactly moved plan troops
We don't know why they have moved these troops or exactly what they plan to do with these troops that they have marshaled around the borders.
initially large percent three twice whether
We don't know whether it'll be twice as large or three times as large or 50 percent as large as we initially planned.
ability against military progress reducing sustain
We are making progress against military infrastructure, and we are reducing the Yugoslav ability to sustain operations.
defense department military sent
The Defense Department has sent out two advisories to military installations and commanders around the world,
absolute anywhere east job middle stopped terrorists victory
It would be an absolute victory for terrorists ... if we stopped doing our job in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world,
division infantry mission nations protecting soldiers united
These soldiers from the First Infantry Division first went to Macedonia to participate in a United Nations mission called UNPREDP, the U.N. Preventative Deployment, which was protecting Macedonia.
captured extent men
These men should be freed. They should not have been captured in the first place. And to the extent they're still there, that's regrettable.
bigger numbers terms
I just don't think we know at this stage, but we have to think in terms of big numbers -- bigger than 15,000 certainly.
cnn energetic facts hope mission people true understand
I hope that CNN is ... energetic in making this retraction and clarification so that people do understand what the true facts of this mission were.
agreed atlantic case forces local north status treaty
In the past, under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization status of forces agreement, we have not agreed to local jurisdiction. But, as I said, this case is still under review.